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• Trump Cancels Republican Convention In Florida As Coronavirus Cases Soar

  23-07-2020 23:59
  
  The US president said that “it’s not the right time” for such a large-scale event in the state.
  
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• Firefighters see gains against Greece wildfire as winds drop

  23-07-2020 23:58
  
  Water-dropping planes and helicopters assisted more than 300 firefighters on the ground.
  
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• Willis Towers Watson and SSP join forces to drive greater innovation in insurance pricing

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  ARLINGTON, VA, July 23, 2020 - Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced today that SSP, a global provider of insurance software platforms, has joined its Radar Live collaborator program. By joining the program, SSP will improve its capability to derive sophisticated insights from valuable data sources and to deploy market-leading machine learning models from a single platform. The program will also allow SSP customers to benefit fro
  
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• Watch: US fighter jets, Iran passenger plane in near collision

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Two US fighter jets came close to an Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace causing the pilot to change altitude quickly to avoid collision, which injured several passengers, the official IRIB news agency reported on Thursday. The agency initially reported a single Israeli jet...
  
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• University professors fear the risks of classroom teaching in pandemic hot spots

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Dr. Joe Gerald will be lecturing students in person this fall. But what he might teach them in his public health course is that being in the classroom during a pandemic is a bad idea. Gerald's 150-student lecture on US health care at the University of Arizona in Tucson will be split into groups so there will only be about 20 students in the same room as Gerald, but he will still meet with all of them. "My disciplinary knowledge tells me that this a really stupid idea," said...
  
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• TechTarget’s SearchServerVirtualization.com Announces Call for Nominations of Best of VMworld 2020 Awards

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  The editors of TechTarget Inc.'s SearchServerVirtualization.com™ have officially announced the opening of submissions for the Best of VMworld 2020 Awards. The winners will be selected from the product entrants at the VMworld 2020 digital conference, which takes place September 29th through September 30th and is sponsored by VMware Inc. The deadline for submissions is August 5, 2020. Products must be generally available and have shipped between July 25, 2019 and August 5, 2020. For the four
  
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• SVB Financial Group Announces Availability Of Quarterly Financial Results

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SVB Financial Group Announces Availability Of Quarterly Financial Results July 23, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ: SIVB) has released its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Please visit SVB's Investor Relations website athttp://ir.svb.com to view the earnings release, and summary earnings letter and presentation. Conference...
  
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• SEC Filing (N-CSR) - Annual/Semi-Annual Report by Investment Company

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  N-CSR 1 d889114dncsr.htm MAINSTAY DEFINEDTERM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND MainStay DefinedTerm Municipal Opportunities Fund UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form N-CSR CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act File Number 811-22551 MAINSTAY MACKAY DEFINEDTERM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) 51 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (Address of principal exec
  
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• SEC Filing (40-17G) - Fidelity Bond Filing

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  40-17G 1 d936315d4017g.htm INSIGHT SELECT INCOME FUND Insight Select Income Fund Investment Company Bond Declarations BOND NO. 106752225 Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America One Tower Square Hartford, Connecticut 06183 (A Stock Insurance Company, herein called the Company) ITEM 1 INSURED: INSIGHT SELECT INCOME FUND Principal Address: 200 Park Avenue NEW YORK, NY 10166 (hereinafter, 'Insured') ITEM 2 POLICY PERIOD: Inception Date: June 12, 2020 Expiration Date: June 12, 2021 12:01 A.M
  
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• SciPlay Q2 2020 Earnings Presentation

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SciPlay Second Quarter 2020 Results Ended June 30, 2020 SciPlay at a Glance $166M 40% 80% 87% Revenue (Q2 2020) Revenue Growth AEBITDA* Growth Mobile Penetration (Q2 19 - Q2 20) (Q2 19 - Q2 20) (Q2 2020) $60M 8.1M 6.8% $101.13 AEBITDA* (Q2 2020) Average MAUs Payer Conversion AMRPU (Q2 2020) Rate (Q2 2020) (Q2 2020) 36% 2.7M $0.67 <6mos AEBITDA Margin* (Q2 2020) Average DAUs ARPDAU Average time to break (Q2 2020) (Q2 2020) even from install Note: "MAU" means monthly active users. Payer convers
  
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• Ryder Recognized for Culture of Innovation and Excellence by Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  07/23/20 Download this Press Release PDF Format (opens in new window) MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a leader in supply chain, dedicated transportation, and commercial fleet management solutions, announces it is the Logistics/Transportation Provider of the Year for the 11th Annual Global Awards for Steel Excellence by Fastmarkets. A prestigious panel of senior-level steel experts chose the winners from a pool of 90 finalists in 23 categories for offering world-class innov
  
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• Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  RICHMOND, Ind., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the 'Company') (NASDAQ: RMBI), parent company of First Bank Richmond (the 'Bank'), today announced net income of $2.5 million, or $0.20 diluted earnings per share, for the second quarter of 2020, which was unchanged from first quarter of 2020 and up $2.2 million compared to net income of $335,000 for the second quarter of 2019. Net income was $5.0 million, or $0.40 diluted earnings per sha
  
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• Quarter Ended 06/30/2020

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: M. Keith Waddell President and Chief Executive Officer (650) 234-6000 ROBERT HALF REPORTS SECOND-QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS MENLO PARK, Calif., July 23, 2020 - Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) today reported revenues and earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020. For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, net income was $46 million, or $.41 per share, on revenues of $1.108 billion. Net income for the prior year's second quarter was $115 million,
  
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• Q2 2020 Earnings Highlights Slides

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Q2 2020 Financial highlights Contents Q2 2020 Snapshot and current PAGE environment 3 2H 2020 Outlook and Q2 2020 PAGE performance detail 12 Appendix 32 PAGE Non-GAAP reconciliations 50 PAGE This presentation should be reviewed with our Q2 2020 Earnings Release and Q2 2020 CEO letter, as well as the company's SEC filings Q2 2020 Financial Highlights 2 Q2 2020 Snapshot and current environment Q2 2020 Financial Highlights 3 Q2'20 Snapshot: Strong performance and resilient markets despite weaker ec
  
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• Q2 2020 CEO Letter

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SVB Financial Group Q2 2020 CEO Letter July 23, 2020 To our Stakeholders: In the second quarter, our clients and our markets demonstrated notable resilience, even as the broader economy continued to weaken. Against this backdrop, we delivered strong Q2 performance with Earnings per Share of $4.42, Net Income of $229M and Return on Equity of 13.36 percent.Our results reflected robust balance sheet growth, exceptional client liquidity, resilient net interest income, low credit losses, record inves
  
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• Prosecution wants 25-year term in Slovak reporter's slaying

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A prosecutor in Slovakia on Thursday requested 25-year prison terms for three remaining defendants in the alleged contract killings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, a case that triggered a political crisis and brought down the country’s...
  
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• Prince Harry 'much less intelligent' than Meghan Markle: Diana biographer

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Prince Harry doesn’t fare well in a new book about his life by a woman who once...
  
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• Passengers of Iranian plane evacuated at Beirut airport following interception by U.S. warplanes

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  
  BEIRUT, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Over 150 passengers on board an Iranian plane were evacuated on Thursday evening after its landing at Beirut airport following interception by U.S. warplanes. A source...
  
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• New report shows more virus deaths at Indiana nursing homes

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New information on coronavirus-related deaths among Indiana nursing home residents collected by state health officials shows 128 more deaths than previously reported by the facilities. ......
  
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• Nazi Guard is convicted in one of the last Nazi Trials in history

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Photo of Stutthof concentration camp A former 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard was convicted of thousands of counts of being an accessory to murder, in what might be one of the last verdicts to be handed down to a living participant in the Holocaust. German courts convicted Bruno Dey of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder, one for each person believed to have been killed during his service at Stutthof concentration camp between...
  
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• Menarini Group and Radius Health Announce Global License Agreement for the Development and Commercialization of Elacestrant

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Menarini Group and Radius Health Announce Global License Agreement for the Development and Commercialization of Elacestrant Menarini licenses global development and commercialization rights of elacestrant, an oral SERD currently in late stage Phase 3 development Elacestrant further strengthens Menarini's global oncology portfolio, recently bolstered by the acquisition of Stemline Therapeutics in the U.S. Radius will receive $30M as an upfront payment and up to $320M in additional milestones alon
  
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• Maxeon Launches Fifth-Generation Shingled Bifacial Solar Panels For Global Power Plant Market

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SAN JOSE, Calif., July 23, 2020/PRNewswire/ -- Maxeon Solar Technologies, the planned spin-off from SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:SPWR), has raised the bar for the solar industry with its new line of bifacial SunPower® Performance 5 panels, the fifth-generation performance solar panels designed specifically for large-scale power plant applications. These panels represent the latest chapter in the company's legacy of shingled cell panel technology leadership that is now protected by more than 144 pa
  
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• Lincoln Electric Board Declares Dividend

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  CLEVELAND, July 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., (Nasdaq: LECO) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.49 per common share, payable...
  
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• K&L Gates Intellectual Property Practice Ranked by The Legal 500 United States 2020 Guide with Six Lawyers Recommended

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  The intellectual property practice of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States guide with a ranking in the Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) category. In addition, six IP lawyers were ranked or recommended by the publication, including Newark partner Frank Politano, who was named to the publication's 'Hall of...
  
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• Kambi Group plc and DraftKings Inc. Reach Agreement on DraftKings’ Migration Phase

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Malta, 23 July 2020 Kambi Group plc and DraftKings Inc. Reach Agreement on DraftKings' Migration Phase Two companies to mutually support and cooperate on DraftKings' migration to proprietary technology, DraftKings to take additional steps to safeguard Kambi's intellectual property Kambi Group plc and DraftKings Inc. have reached a mutual agreement regarding the migration phase of DraftKings to its proprietary technology from the Kambi sportsbook platform, which secures Kambi with full revenue un
  
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• Israel reports 1,897 new COVID-19 cases, 57,982 in total

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  
  JERUSALEM, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in Israel reached 57,982, with 1,897 new cases recorded on Thursday, the state's Ministry of...
  
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• Hiland Dairy Dollar Week set for July 26-31 at Little Rock Zoo

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  The Little Rock Zoo and Hiland Dairy announced today they will celebrate their partnership a little differently this year. Because of COVID-19, the organizations cannot celebrate with the traditional Dollar Day with thousands of Arkansans visiting the Zoo at once. Instead, they are spreading the fun out over several days with Hiland Dairy Dollar Week. This will allow Arkansans to take advantage of the annual family event safely. From Sunday, July 21, to Friday, July 31, 2020, all Zoo daily admis
  
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• FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors who prescribe opioid painkillers should tell their patients about a potentially life-saving medication that can reverse drug overdoses, according...
  
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• Ex-DHS Chief Claims ‘There Was No Policy to Separate Families,' Despite Presiding Over It

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Kirstjen Nielsen, who presided over the Trump administration’s separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents as secretary of Homeland Security,...
  
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• Dun & Bradstreet Announces Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Release and Conference Call; Participating in an Upcoming Investor Conference

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SHORT HILLS, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (' Dun & Bradstreet') (NYSE:DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, today announced the date for the release of its second quarter 2020 earnings and its participation in an upcoming investor conference. Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Dun & Bradstreet will release second quarter 2020 earnings...
  
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• Disney delays 'Mulan' indefinitely, Star Wars and Avatar movies pushed back a year

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Disney is making some major changes to its release calendar that include displacing "Mulan" from its Aug. 21 release and pushing back the debuts of future Star Wars and Avatar by a year. ......
  
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• At least 15 prisoners at a California prison have died of apparent complications from Covid-19

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  At least 15 people incarcerated at California's oldest prison have died since June from apparent Covid-19-related complications amid a growing coronavirus outbreak at the facility, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. John Beames, 67, is the latest inmate to die at San Quentin State Prison. He was pronounced dead at a hospital on...
  
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• ANC sees record air cargo numbers in second quarter, and named a finalist for Best Cargo Airport in North America

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  20-011 ANC sees record air cargo numbers in second quarter, and named a finalist for Best Cargo Airport in North America July 23, 2020 (ANCHORAGE) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) saw a 7.38% increase in cargo tonnage in the first half of 2020 and a 14.5% increase in the second quarter compared to the second quarter of last year. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced ANC's prominence in air cargo. So far, more than 1.5 million tons of cargo have moved through ANC this year. 'AN
  
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• AB Holding L.P. Q2 2020 Review

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  July 23, 2020 SECOND QUARTER 2020 REVIEW Seth P. Bernstein President & Chief Executive Officer John C. Weisenseel Chief Financial Officer Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements provided by management in this presentation are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially f
  
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• AB Holding L.P. Q2 2020 Earnings Release

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Mark Griffin, Investors Jennifer Casey, Media 629.213.5672 212.969.1157 [email protected] [email protected] ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS GAAP Diluted Net Income of $0.59 per Unit Adjusted Diluted Net Income of $0.61 per Unit Cash Distribution of $0.61 per Unit New York, NY, July 23, 2020 - AllianceBernstein L.P. ("AB") and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ("AB Holding") (NYSE: AB) today reported financial and operating results
  
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• Leaner version of Jokic ready to carry load for Nuggets

  23-07-2020 23:52
  
  The pictures on social media over the break revealed a leaner, more svelte-looking version of Nikola Jokic.Naturally, inquiring minds wanted to know: How much weight did the Denver Nuggets star actually drop while home in Serbia?“I’m not supposed to tell you my pounds and my weight,” joked the 7-foot center who was a late arrival in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, for the NBA's relaunch after testing positive for the coronavirus.
  
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• Donald Trump cancels Republican convention speech in Florida over coronavirus fears

  23-07-2020 23:51
  
  Donald Trump has cancelled his Republican convention speech in Florida because of the coronavirus outbreak there, saying he did not want to “take any chances”. The US president had moved his speech to the state from North Carolina, claiming the governor there would not let him hold one with a big crowd, but now has cancelled that plan. Mr Trump said he will still do a speech formally accepting his party’s nomination but that the details had not yet been worked out, suggesting i
  
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• Dior becomes first fashion house to hold runway show after lockdown

  23-07-2020 23:50
  
  models strutDior showcases its cruise collection on a catwalk at the Piazza del duomo in Lecce, southern Italy, in the first runway show by a major fashion house since coronavirus lockdowns began in Europe.
  
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• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak slams YouTube for scam videos

  23-07-2020 23:50
  
  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is launching a legal attack against Google's YouTube video site for allowing con artists to use him as a pawn in a Bitcoin scam believed to have heisted millions of dollars from people around the world.The suit also represents 17 alleged victims of the bitcoin scam, including 10 people who live outside the U.S.The 47-page complaint revolves around a ruse that has used images of Wozniak and high-tech celebrities such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO
  
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• Trump news: President promotes opening schools despite cancelling Republican convention over coronavirus fears

  23-07-2020 23:49 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Bill & Ted 3: New release plans announced as coronavirus pandemic continues

  23-07-2020 23:49
  
  New release plans have been unveiled for the third Bill & Ted film.Bill & Ted Face the Music, in which Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprise their respective roles in the franchise, is now scheduled for release on 1 September.
  
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• Former Trump official told US attorneys there should be no age limit on child separations, report says

  23-07-2020 23:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Comments made from then-deputy attorney general in 2018 have come to light regarding the zero-tolerance child separation policy.
  
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• Thirty million will be offered free flu jabs to help NHS fight coronavirus second wave

  23-07-2020 23:43
  
  More than half the entire population of England will be offered free flu jabs this winter to ensure the NHS is able to cope with a possible second wave of coronavirus. Everyone over the age of 50 will be eligible, as well as all schoolchildren up to Year 7, health workers and the medically vulnerable in the biggest flu vaccination programme in British history. In total around 30 million people will be covered by the scheme - double last year’s number, when only the over-65s and younger chi
  
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• Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention

  23-07-2020 23:41
  
  President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled the bulk of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug. 24.Florida was to have hosted four nights of programming and parties that Trump had hoped would be a "four-night infomerci
  
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• Tony Blair: Coronavirus will not be eliminated and we must learn to live with it

  23-07-2020 23:40
  
  Coronavirus will not be eliminated and Britons must learn to live with it, Tony Blair warned as he urged the Government to focus on containment measures to see the country through a second wave.The former prime minister said infrastructure to stop the spread of the virus was critical as another national lockdown would not be possible, suggesting that people instead need to learn to live safely with the virus.
  
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• Labour under Starmer is politically competitive again, says Blair

  23-07-2020 23:40
  
  Sir Keir Starmer has returned Labour to being a “politically competitive” party which is in a position to win a general election, Tony Blair says.The former Labour leader and prime minister praised his successor’s performance in the three months since he won the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Bipartisan push to defund cities pushing to defund the police

  23-07-2020 23:40
  
  Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi weigh in.
  
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• Trump cancels Republican convention in Jacksonville over coronavirus concerns but pushes for schools to reopen

  23-07-2020 23:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Yet, president repeats demand that all US schools open in the fall
  
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• Home-made face masks need layers to be effective

  23-07-2020 23:37
  
  Homemade face masks likely need at least two layers to curb Covid-19 spread, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.It found preferably three layers of cloth were needed to reduce dispersal of viral droplets from nose and mouth. A team of Australian researchers compared the effectiveness of single and double-layer cloth face coverings, with a 3-ply surgical face mask at reducing droplet spread. They found the surgical face mask was the most effective, followed by a dou
  
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• Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term for ex-Maryland lawmaker

  23-07-2020 23:35
  
  Federal prosecutors recommended a three-year prison sentence for a former Maryland state lawmaker who pleaded guilty to charges she accepted more than $33,000 in bribes in exchange for legislative favors, including votes to increase the number of medical marijuana grower licenses.Former Del. Cheryl Diane Glenn’s attorney on Thursday urged U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake to sentence the Baltimore Democrat to probation and home detention instead of incarceration.In separate court filings
  
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